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How Climate Change Affects Us
Directions: Use the links below to find the answers to each question. Answer each question in
a complete sentence.
1. Click on: http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
And then click on: Learn the Basics.
Read the top two paragraphs.
Then, click on the link that reads: “Find out how and why the climate is changing”
Summarize the top two paragraphs. Explain how and why the climate is changing in 2-3
complete sentences.
2. Click on: http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/impacts/signs/index.html
When the average temperature on Earth is rising, we see these effects.
Name 5 ways climate change is affecting the world around us.
Name 3 that can specifically affect us here in our state.
Explain why these 3 effects can be particularly harmful to our state.
3. Click on: http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/impacts/signs/precip-patterns.html
One of the effects that can particularly be something that affects us here in California is the
changing rain and snow patterns. I can make this conclusion because there is a diagram of the
United States that shows our region’s change in precipitation in the past 100 years.
How much has southern California’s yearly precipitation changed in the past 100 years?
Explain what will happen in the future in 2-3 complete sentences.
4. Click on: http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/solutions/technologies/index.html
You’re probably thinking there is not much we can do because so much has already been done
from people in our past.
Technology has gotten us into this problem, so technology is the answer to get us out of the
problem.
Name 4 ways that we can begin to reduce the amount of Greenhouse Gases in our
environment.
Choose 2 technologies from the page that you think California would be a good leader in
around us and why these technologies would be a perfect fit for California. Explain in 2-3
sentences.
Name 1 technology from the page that would not be the best choice for California to
adopt because it doesn’t work too well based on our location and resources we already
have. Explain in 2-3 complete sentences.
5. Click on: http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/solutions/prepare/index.html
Choose a topic from the page to summarize and explain in 2-3 sentences or more the
ways we can prepare for the future.